Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-23
NEwBURG.
\ Description of "a Place Rich In Natural
Advantages.

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Advantages.
Special telegram 10 the Register.
NEwBURG, W. VA, March 1S--All here
are praying for spring in real earnest but
winter still reminds us that it has not left
us yet. This little town among the noun
tainS will soon hustle with activity that is
now pent up impatient to be freed again,
by the return of favorable weather, to
complete the extensive improvements be-
gun last fall; which, when finished, will
add greatly to the prosperity of this place
and the adjacent country.
The Newburg 0rrel Coal and Coke Com
pany will hurry to completion enough
more coke ovens to make their plant here
about 100 in all. The mountain Brook
shaft is now ~producinga limited output in
consequence Of the scarcity force of miners
that the State Inspector oil
Mines will allow to work
because of the terrible explosion which oC-
CURED in it last year. 1t is now, however,
in the hands of one Ofthe most careful, cX-
perienced and reliable mine bosses that can
be found, Mr.. John HOgg, formerly from
your vicinity, SteubeuVille, Ohio, who has
got 1t in 6rst-claSs condition and safe TO
work in. The company increased the
wages for mining on March LIST, 80 that
the miners now receive 45 cents for rooms
and 60 cents for heading coal, Il OF mine,
and honest weight at that. The men do
quite well, averaging at least $50 a month,
including the poorest, although the best
.,,.-. ,,v, mob. /, rTta1u in .NpaGS NF That
The new air shaft, 10 feet circular in diam
eter, will likely be completed by June LIST
and at work. 1t will be equipped with a
with a 2O-foot fan. from Brazil, Ind, with
a capacity of $50, 900 cubic feet of air per
minute. This will practically place no
limit on the miners they can employ, and
allow them to work with open lights in
stead of the safety lamps they now use.
The vein of coal they are now ut work in
is the Lower Kittanning, and it makes a
very tine coke for foundry or blast furnace
use, equal in most respects to the Con
nellsyille. The demand for it is good and
increasing fast. After thorough and ex-
haustive practical tests the b. Il .. have
endorsed it for use on al locomotives IN
this section, as it causes much less annoy
ance from sulphurouS gases than almost
any of the other Goals west OF Georges
Creek which are mainly known rs gas Goals.
For many years West Virginia has made
no effort to reach the river trade, is the
enormous markets of the southwest art
known as millions of tons Of coal and coke
and foated yearly down the broad surface
of the Ohio from Pittsburg through the
worst of the river navigation, and yet tht
northern section of this State has made nc
effort as q competitor to secure any portion
of this trafic-which its geographical posi-
ton ought fairly to entitle 1t. to. The
Newburgh Company have made a move IL
this direction. They have purchased mt
site on the Little Kanawha Just above
Parkersburg and have in course of erection
as fine a tipple for shipping both coal and
coke as can be found from Cairo to Pitts
burg and have already secured contracts
| which bid fair to ensure its success as 8
commercial venture. Their general super
indent residing here. Mr.. John Clark, from
Homecoming, Md, is supervising manager,
and has many friends in your city. witt
| the prospect of so large an output from th'
mine and ovens increasing SO largely th(
monthly payroll to be disbursed, and the
much increased force of miners, there viii
he a large number of dwellings to he built,
as houses here are scarce. Ii Is difficult Il
/ lind one vacant at any time, even now
Several are in course of erection n many
more are contemplated. Death has beel
very busy in our midst this winter, anC
many familiar faces have been seen for the
last time. An old Democratic wal horS'
here so well known, even n
far as your city, DIR. Wm.Dent, however
| i much rrioiced over the restoration Il
health of his genial son, DIR. Frank Dent
who seemed hopelessly near the grave
| Placing himself, however, in the hands o
eminent physicians in Baltimore, they
have wrought what seems y mlracuiou;
cure. almost, and his many friends are glaC
TO welcome back, apparently on the higt
road TO health.
In sinking the air shaft n very fine yelI
cf fire-clay was found showing IN the BASH
| os the valley, 40 feet in thickness. Iest
have shown it to be of very superior quail
NV and a friedrich plant is being dis
cnsssd and very seriously contemplated
The Hartmann vein of iron ore was als'
encountered, about two feet thick, and ap
n~arently improved in quality, As it eX'
tended south TO us from the furnace
some day may see this locality in the mar
ket as vendors of pig iron made at home
WHY not? We have the ore
the limestone, the coal and tn
coke and even the fire clay to makeour owl
Innings and a bountiful supply of water.
Protected railroads are rumored OF her
with our burgh as their objective point
and the entire community would weleom
n p~os1tive and truthful statement that sue
would be the case, and soon, very gladly
Surely there Is no State IN the CnioI
that can boast of more extensive mlneri
resources than ours, and they ought I
warrant railroads wherever they can b
supported by the development of those re
sources. Why should Birmingham, Ala
be able to compete with a company her
able to take from one shaft the material
not only to build a furnace, but to run i
also! This is not a c%Onundrum but
business question, Friend REGISTER.
Yours. SKEPTIC.